| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 20, 1960 |
| Time: | 1306 |
| Location: | Hickory, North Carolina |
| Operator: | Piedmont Airlines / Private |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Cincinnati, OH - Hickory, NC |
| AC Type: | Fairchild F-27 / Cessna 310 |
| Registration: | N2704R/N1807H |
| cn / ln: | 17 |
| Aboard: | 44 (passengers:39 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft were involved in a midair collision while both were making an approach to land. The pilot of the Cessna, the over-taking aircraft, failed to see and avoid the F-27 during the landing appoach. Four died aboard the Cessna, none aboard the Fairchild. |
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